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Christies: The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth IV - The Library

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Auction Name The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth IV - The Library Total Sales (USD) 1,176,876.00
Auction Date March 21, 2015 - March 21, 2015 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 118,990.00
Sale Number #11423 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 175,290.00
Total Lots 146
Sold Lots 145.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 119,490.00
% of Lots Sold 99.32% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 175,990.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 668.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1556

Taifudo meiseki taifudo meiseki (The Works of Chinese Painters in the collection of Dafengtang).

1955-56. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 185,000.00
1509

AUCTION CATALOGS A group of approximately 850 volumes comprising Christie's, Sotheby's, and Chinese sales of Asian art, and other subjects,

1950s to present. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 167,000.00
1575

Jin Tang Yilai Shuhuajia Jiancangjia Kuanyinpu (The Signatures and Seals of Artists Connoisseurs and Collectors on Painting and Calligraphy since Tsin Dynasty).

1964 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 52,500.00
1565

Yuwai suocang Zhongguo guhuaji ji (Twenty-Four Albums of Old Chinese Paintings).

1947-1948. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 43,750.00
1560 Ed. Kawai, Senro.

Shina nanga taisei, (Compendium of Chinese Paintings of the Southern School) [And Supplement].

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 37,500.00
1546

CHINESE FURNITURE A group of approximately 18 volumes. Including: ELLSWORTH, Robert H. Chinese Furniture.

1970 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 30,000.00
1582 HOBSON, Robert Lockhart.

The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain.

1925-1928. USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 27,500.00
1621

Gugong Zhoukan (Palace Musuem Journal).

1929-1936. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 26,250.00
1545

CHINESE FURNITURE A group of approximately 40 volumes. Including: CESCINSKY, Herbert. Chinese Furniture.

1922 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 25,000.00
1636 TUCCI, Giuseppe.

Tibetan Painting Scrolls.

1949 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 25,000.00
1569

Tang Song Yuan Ming Minghua Daguan (Paintings from Tang, Song Yuan and Ming Dynasties).

1976 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 21,250.00
1597

JADE A group of approximately 80 volumes on Chinese Jades.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 20,000.00
1542

CHINESE CERAMICS A group of approximately 54 volumes. Some in Chinese.

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 17,500.00
1581 ESKENAZI

A group of approximately 55 volumes of Eskenazi Catalogs.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 17,500.00
1502

Li Mingzhong yingzao fashi (Treatise on Architectural Methods).

1925 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 16,250.00
1619

Orientations Journal.

1981-2014. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 16,250.00
1633 WHITFIELD, Roderick.

The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collection in the British Museum.

1982 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 16,250.00
1525

Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America.

1945-1982. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,000.00
1505

Artibus Asiae.

1964-2004. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 13,750.00
1532 MATSUBARA, Saburo.

Chugoku Bukkyo chokoku shiron (History of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture).

1995 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 13,750.00
1541

CHINESE CERAMICS A group of approximately 36 volumes.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 13,750.00
1595

INDIAN AND BUDDHIST ART A group of about 45 volumes. Including: The Image of the Buddha; The Art of India; Indian Sculpture; and East Indian Bronzes.

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 13,750.00
1533

Chugoku Tenkoku Sokan (Journal of Chinese Calligraphy and Carving).

1981-1984. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 12,500.00
1612 NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM

Gugong wenwu yuekan (The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art).

1983-1998. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 12,500.00
1623

Gugong shuhuaji, (Calligraphies and paintings in the Palace Museum collection).

1920-1934. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 12,500.00
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
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